The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1887-04-01

The inferiority of the woman so strongly
urged by some too masculine men and SO metk
y submitted to by many too feminine women
Is too frequently apparen Tin the absence OF nee
essary h ,usehold conveniencs about the farm
house. The husband provides more
comforts fer biscows and his favorte
horses than he does for his wife, whose
work is in no way lightened by any
labor saving devices around the house.
absorbed In her household duties--sub
mits to all these regects, and while $3.50 or
5000 is not stnted for the purchase of some
is bcgrudged the good wife, whose cares and
tolls might be much lightened theiebye-TNew
York Times.1
know farmers who will not spend days
time in helping to arrange the garden, but il
the poor weary house wife, by dint of persever-
ance on her part and perhaps the help of the
help OF the children, succeeds in spading up a
small piece OF ground and raising a few vegeta
bes, when the hard earned delicaces that
should be relished only by those who have
struggled for them are at last brought to the
table the "liege lord" ill be first to help him.
self without giving passing thought as to
how they came there or what they cost in toll
and care TC L Smith, at Minnesota Dairy
mems Convention
Farmers have much to answer for in this
way. The family is neglected. The mother is
HOt LQOugEL VI gu IuuCu hS tuo Caltle, anu Tue
barn Is better filled with conveniences than the
kitchen. There is no dry shed for the fuel;
no private Ietiring-place fitting for delicate
woman; no stationary wash tubs with pipes to
let out the sCied water into drain; no tank
for soft water from which pipe leads to the
tubs or the kitchen; no separate Mushroom;
clean loot paths; no porch no foot-scrapers;
no water heater on the stove no bath room for
the general ablutions; no conveniences OF this
sort. But in the barn there is horse power,
manure cellar fodder-cutter, hay.eevator;
aud in the yard the mower, horse-rake, self
binder, and other implements worth hundreds
OF dollars. Who can wonder that the girls
crowd to the cities and with tears beg work of
any kind that will support them, alwayseX
cept household work Alas they have seen
the misery of homework at home and want TO
get away from it. Whal wonder that five
seventies Of the luuatics and imbecies have
been farmers wives If the wife is the weak
or vessel, how she should be helped in every
possible way how she should be provided
with an ample store OF fuel and kin ding for
the morning fire and for the days use; how
her wants should be anticipated and met be-
fore they become pressing. and when mild
II quest is made how prompt and full should
be the response. | know farmers who live
near creameries who refuse to patronize these
labor sd, ing institutions becauseit costs five
cents pound TO make creamery butter bu
nothing for tie wites labor. have seen farm
ers' wives milking IN the yard at deep dusk,
while tho farmer and his boys sat on the fence
and watched her as they smoked their pipes
and rested. And the supper table had to be
cleaned, the dishes washed, the milk strained
and put away and the pals washed, and then
probably clothing TO DO mended before bed
could be reached Alas for the farm wife J.
M d, in New York Tribune.